Nets guard and former Nevada player Armon Johnson brings the ball up court during the second half of an April game against the 76ers.

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Up until his junior season of high school, Armon Johnson would spend almost 365 days a year at the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows.

It's where he refined his basketball skills, met life-long friends and was the safe haven that helped keep him out of trouble and headed on a path that eventually landed him in the NBA.

Now, it's the location where he'll pass down his basketball knowledge to kids who are in the same position he was in as a child. Johnson, a former Wolf Pack and Hug High star, will hold his second annual basketball camp at the Boys & Girls Club, starting today. ...